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Where's the bloody sun?
I might be, what do you understand of the two terms?
In the UK we currently have a few hundred who have been brought back from China in quarantine centres, and about 8 in isolation at specialist hospitals.
I might be, what do you understand of the two terms?
Does anybody know anybody who works in or studies public health communication, panic, confidence in the message, and stuff like that?
Because really todays live updates page from The Argus is a fine thing to study. Thats where the awful readers comment I posted earlier came from, and its been a giddy mix of news, various messages from public figures, reader opinion, some random tweets, and a journalist getting frustrated when trying to get through to NHS communication team (and/or local/regional Clinical Commissioning Group). With some info thrown in about a study that said incubation could even be up to 24 days. Oh and this image of tomorrows front page.
Coronavirus LIVE updates as five cases confirmed in Brighton
We are providing live updates after four new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Brighton.www.theargus.co.uk
That'd be agaist the Geneva Convention.Its worse than that.
Had a quick look, seems more likely to be done under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, and the ability it grants the Secretary of State to make 'health protection regulations'. I havent read up on this properly yet, I will.
In accordance with Regulation 3, the Secretary of State declares that the incidence or transmission of novel Coronavirus constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health, and the measures outlined in these regulations are considered as an effective means of delaying or preventing further transmission of the virus.
In accordance with Regulation 2, the Secretary of State designates Arrowe Park Hospital and Kents Hill Park as an “isolation” facility and Wuhan and Hubei province as an “infected area”.
45C Health protection regulations: domestic
(1)The appropriate Minister may by regulations make provision for the purpose of preventing, protecting against, controlling or providing a public health response to the incidence or spread of infection or contamination in England and Wales (whether from risks originating there or elsewhere).
(3)Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular include provision—
(c)imposing or enabling the imposition of restrictions or requirements on or in relation to persons, things or premises in the event of, or in response to, a threat to public health.
(4)The restrictions or requirements mentioned in subsection (3)(c) include in particular—
(d)a special restriction or requirement.
(6)For the purposes of this Part—
(a)a “ special restriction or requirement ” means a restriction or requirement which can be imposed by a justice of the peace by virtue of section 45G(2), 45H(2) or 45I(2)
45D
(4)Regulations under section 45C may not include provision enabling the imposition of a special restriction or requirement unless—
(a)the regulations are made in response to a serious and imminent threat to public health, or
(b)imposition of the restriction or requirement is expressed to be contingent on there being such a threat at the time when it is imposed.
45G Power to order health measures in relation to persons
(1)A justice of the peace may make an order under subsection (2) in relation to a person (“P”) if the justice is satisfied that—
(a)P is or may be infected or contaminated,
(b)the infection or contamination is one which presents or could present significant harm to human health,
(c)there is a risk that P might infect or contaminate others, and
(d)it is necessary to make the order in order to remove or reduce that risk.
Perhaps it would be reasonable to suggest that the state of local media in this country is not well suited to the challenge of communication on these issues.
Coronavirus LIVE updates as five cases confirmed in Brighton
We are providing live updates after four new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Brighton.www.theargus.co.uk
Latest from the University of Sussex tonight
Sussex students are restricted to their dorms cuz of coronavirus i need to get tf outta here ASAP
More than reasonable TBF, resources have been cut to the bone, I haven't kept up to date on numbers at The Argus, but it's a fraction of what it was, compared to when I worked for the company. About 12 years ago it was still selling around 32,000 copies a day, it's a little over 9,000 now, and the increase in digital advertising revenue is tiny compared to lost print revenue, cover price & advertising.
From that link:
Turns out a student has been quarantined after falling ill with suspected coronavirus, they have been tested, but results are not known/published yet. Let's hope they come back negative.
The West Sussex County Times is also reporting that emergency treatment pods have been set up at hospitals across Sussex to assess people presenting with coronavirus.
1,013 deaths recorded now. 103 more in the last 24hrs. Recorded infections seem to be slowing. I doubt these figures give a very full picture of the situation.
elbows - with such a widespread epidemic I’m really surprised to hear they are testing “people who show no symptoms”. I’d expected them to already be well beyond the point of having capacity to test all those who are showing symptoms!
Ok, well if they are still contact tracing with 40k infections then my respect for the Chinese just took another jump upwards!
What seems odd is that he claims to have fully recovered, despite only being quarantined in hospital for a few days & still there, whereas reports from China suggest recovery takes a number of weeks.
Dr Griffin added that while it hasn’t been confirmed clinically yet, there is more and more anecdotal evidence to suggest the virus can be passed on prior to the onset of symptoms.
After an initial CDC test showed all four patients did not have the novel coronavirus, they were released Sunday and returned to the 14-day federal quarantine at Miramar, the University of California, San Diego Health said in a statement.
"This morning, CDC officials advised San Diego Public Health that further testing revealed that one of the four patients tested positive for (novel coronavirus)," UC San Diego Health said in a statement. "The confirmed positive patient was returned to UC San Diego Health for observation and isolation until cleared by the CDC for release."
I was advised to attend an isolated room at hospital, despite showing no symptoms, and subsequently self-isolated at home as instructed.
I just got this text from the doctors:
If you have symptoms of a cough, fever or shortness of breath and have recently returned from a South East Asian country, DO NOT COME TO THE SURGERY, instead call NHS 111
Professor Keith Willett, NHS strategic incident director, said: “This patient did the right thing when they had concerns about coronavirus by calling NHS 111 for advice.
“After a telephone assessment, they were advised to make their way to Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton for testing. Following a pre-arranged plan with the NHS they drove themselves to the hospital, were tested in isolation and away from public areas of the hospital, and returned home in isolation in their own car.
“Any travellers from China and the other specified countries who have a cough, fever, or shortness of breath are advised to follow the example of this patient and call NHS 111 for advice.”
So it’s “Covid-19”
Coronavirus disease named Covid-19
Researchers had been calling for an official name to avoid confusion around the virus.www.bbc.com
Catchy.